Revolving bin.



ATENT Patented May 5, 1903.

FFIQEC ELLSWORTH E; DONALDSON, OF WELL STON, OHIO.

REVOLVING BIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,107, datedMay 5, 1903.

Application filed January l2 1903. Serial Nol38,705. (No model.)

This invention relates to revolving bins or stands which are constructed mainly with a view to economizing in space and which usually comprise in their construction a central supporting-standard and a plurality of devices revolubly supported upon said standard, said devices taking the form of shelves, brackets, or, as in the present instance, bins or compartments which maybe conveniently employed as receptacles for nails, plumbers supplies, or small hardware of any kind or for any other material for which the device may be deemed useful. 7

My present invention has for its object to provide a device of this class which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency; and with these ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side eleval ion, partly in section, of a device constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 2 2 in Fig.1. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view taken on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view of the inner corner of one of the compartments of the device.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated by similar numerals of reference.

1 designates a central support or upright, which in this instance is composed of an iron pipe of suitable dimensions, said pipe being mounted in a base 2, preferably constructed of cast-iron and having a central opening 3,

in which the lower end of the upright 1 may be secured by engaging screw-threads or in any other convenient manner. Upon the upright 1 are mounted a plurality of revoluble supporting devices,wl1ich in this instance may be described as trays and of which any desired number may be used. These trays,

which are designated 4, and the means for supporting them being identical, a description of one will apply to them all.

'5 designates a collar, secured upon the upright 1 by means of set-screws 6 and having in its upper face an annular groove 7, forming a ball-race in which antifriction-balls 8 are placed, said balls serving to support a superimposed collar 9, having a plurality of equidistant downwardly-extending arms 10,

which are vertically slotted or bifurcated, as

shown.

Each of the trays 4 is composed of a plurality of pans or compartments 11, equal'in number to the number of the forked arms 10, and which combine to form a circular tray. One side wall of each of the compartments is inserted into the slots 12 of one of the bifurcated arms 10 and is there secured by means of bolts, rivets, or other suitable fastening means'13. In the accompanying drawings each tray is made up of four such compartments; but it is obvious that a larger or smaller number may be used without departing from the spirit ofjmy invention. If it should be found necessaryor desirable, the adjacent side walls of the several compartments may be additionally secured or connected together by means of bolts, rivets, or other connectingmeans. Inany event the side walls of said compartments by abutting upon each other mutuallybrace and support the individual pans forming the tray and prevent sagging of the latter.

.A collar 14, secured upon the upright 1 directly upon the collar 9 by means of setscrews 15, serves to prevent the said collar 9, with its related parts, from tilting in the event of the compartments attached to one side of said collar being overweighted.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of my invention will be readily understood. In Fig. 1 a device having four trays has been shown, the construction of each of said trays and the method of mounting it upon the central support or standard being identical. Each of said trays being composed of four separate compa'rtments, it is evident that sixteen compartments are thus comprised in the device, which is simple and inexpensive and which occupics but little room. One of the principal uses of my invention will be for the purpose of holding and exposing nails for sale.

A device constructed in accordance with the drawings would thus hold sixteen varieties or sizes of nails, any one or more of which would be accessible without leaving the part of the store where the device is placed, thus saving much time in serving customers.

I have described a simple and preferred construction of my invention; but I desire it to be understood that I do not limit myself with regard to the structural details of the same, but reserve the right to any changes and modifications which may be resorted to within the spirit and scope of my invention and without detracting from the utility or sacrificing the advantages of the same.

Having thus described my invention,'I claim- 1. In a device of the class described, an upright, a supporting-collar adjustable upon said upright and having a friction-bearing upon its upper side, a revoluble collar supported by said friction-bearing and having downward-extending bifurcated arms, and compartment-pans engaging the slots in said bifurcated arms, secured in said slots, and cooperating to form revolving trays.

2. In a device of the class described, an upright, a plurality of collars adjustable thereon and having friction-bearings, collars supported revolubly upon said bearings and having down ward-extending arms, pans or receptacles carried by said arms and cooperating to form revoluble trays, and set collars engaging the upper sides of the revoluble collars to prevent the latter from tilting.

3. In a device of the class described, an upright, a supporting-collar, a revoluble collar having outwardly-extending arms and pans carried by said arms and cooperating to form a revoluble tray, the side walls of said pan abutting upon and mutually bracing each other to prevent sagging.

4. In a device of the class described, an upright, a supporting-collar, a revoluble collar having outward ly-extending arms, and receptacles secured to said arms with their side walls in contact with each other, said receptacles cooperating to constitute a revoluble tray.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ELIJSVVORTH E. DONALDSON.

Witnesses:

A. E. J ACOBS, W. B. CHERINGTON. 

